16 September 2011

crumbs.

this first brush of september has been unusually brisk, and i am so in love. it's like an early heap of autumn, honey locusts fanning gold, that hard shot of sun sieved and softened through layers of cold. i am rocking the knee socks and wooly jackets and it's good times everywhere.

more happy crumbs:

morning work, and a little boy who is blazing his way through the roman alphabet.

pieced quilt tops, finally done. i have an inexplicable fondness for zigzagging, but lining those guys up can be pesky business. i'm also back to shooting portrait sessions and hammering silver and letmetellyou: it feels amazing to set my hand to tasks yielding visible results.

zany kiddos and a kitchenful of warm streusely-blueberry air.

harvest-autumn books from the library. tractor (craig brown) follows the work of a trusty red machine from planting to harvest on an organic farm growing sweet corn.

hurry, hurry, mary dear is a fallish book constructed from the silly rhyme of late poet nm bodecker, paired with erik blegvad's watercolors. the ending has a dash of humor that i'll leave a surprise. love it.

no photograph here, but i'm loving my six and seven year olds out on the soccer field. they're so much giggly exuberance, and i've one little guy who ran off from saturday's game calling, see you at practice, coach. I LOVE SOCCERRRRR! they are good for my old crotchety soul. :)

and even the hard spots are a whole bunch of good in their own way, pushing down roots of patience and mettle in the darkness, whittling off the parts of me gone stale.

13 comments:

Nic, you sound happier. :-) So many lovely things in your post today. Don't show me any new books! I just received LMNO Peas after ordering it after seeing it in your previous post (we're loving it!). We love our local library too, but some books are just too beautiful to not keep for yourself. Those muffins look delicious. As for the hard stuff, it helps us to truly appreciate the good stuff (even though sometimes it would be nice to get a touch more good stuff in the day).Thanks for sharing. I love reading your posts.

love that wide eyed muffin picture! our favorite fall book is "too many pumpkins" by linda white. you've got to check that one out. have a great weekend friend. our chilly just came on and i'm happy to see it. finally feels like fall:)

ummm.. looks like stella just might have got her groove back. ;) i also declared fall with a first wearing of knee socks. digital high five.. _/**\_ :) when we meet God in long suffering and don't shy away from the too hards, too much, too manys... i think he makes that return of the groove taste that much sweeter. happy autumn. :)

love this post. "it feels amazing to set my hand to tasks yielding visible results." yes, what a feeling...that we all need to experience regularly. that soccer call was awesome! the sound of knee socks and cozy sweaters? fall is the best! seeing little m working away on his letters just makes me think again, what good hands he is in...in your family, wrapped up in prayers with much tangible love from heaven. happy weekend!